"Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself."
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"It Has to Walk Alone," Infinity magazine, 1951.
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Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991), born Bernice Abbott, was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s.
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